Magic cream ‘takes 8 years off your face’

AN ANTI-AGEING eye cream hailed as the replacement for painful Botox injections is set to go on sale this week.

The collagen-rich cream said to be favoured by Hollywood beauty Jennifer Aniston []

There are already 12,000 people on a waiting list for the collagen-rich cream said to be favoured by Hollywood beauty Jennifer Aniston, 42.

Manufacturers claim it can reverse the effects of ageing by up to eight years in just 16 minutes as it works to instantly repair damaged collagen around the delicate eye area, reducing fine lines, dark circles and puffiness by as much as 92 per cent.

Levels of collagen, the protein that gives youthful skin its bounce, start to drop at the age of 25.

They plummet to almost zero by 40, exposing skin to dehydration and wrinkles.

The Eye Secrets cream, called “the facelift in a bottle”, is packed with time-reversing, wrinkle-busting compounds.

A month’s supply costs just under £50 and results are said to last up to 12 hours.

The product can be used in the comfort of your own home and has no downtime

An Eye Secrets spokeswoma

An Eye Secrets spokeswoman said: “The product can be used in the comfort of your own home and has no downtime, unlike cosmetic treatments which can not only be extremely painful but can leave you with a recovery time of up to seven days.”

Botox injections use a powerful tissue-freezing toxin to halt the appearance of fine lines by preventing facial muscles from moving.

It is a mainstay of the beauty industry but many celebrity users have been accused of having a “frozen face” without displaying any expression.

The spokeswoman added: “Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body and accounts for some 75 per cent of skin, hair, nail and joint tissue.

“Collagen levels deplete at a rate of 1.5 per cent every year after the age of 25 and it’s estimated by the age of 40 our body stops manufacturing collagen.

The result is exposed wrinkles and lack of skin hydration and so the “battling ageing” process begins.

“The skin around your eyes is considerably thinner than anywhere else on your face which is why wrinkles will hit this area first.”